"The final week before Christmas Day, with its extra day's trading over last year, was the week that made all the difference. Retail footfall that week (w/c 18/12) was up 15.7% on the same week last year and constitutes the busiest shopping week since our tracking began in 1998"
As always you only select information that suits your cause as there is always plenty of FULL information out there which is why I am prepared to give the other side when it's there!!
Until all retailers have reported you will never know how the whole festive and post Christmas trading has gone and on the "big ticket items" someone sitting not so far from me had thier busiest trading day in the stores history on Bank holiday monday! ;))